S.M.S.L M500 DAC Headphone Amp Supports MQA decoding ES9038PRO D/A Chip USB Uses XMOS XU-216 with Remote Control (black)
Entering 2019 means that S.M.S.L has reached its tenth year. Ten years of helping each other in the same boat, ten years of trials and hardships, S.M.S.L company in the audio industry has drawn its own style. The company always adheres to the development concept of “excellent products and constantly progressâ€. With rich product , excellent product quality and high cost performance, we has won a good reputation in the HiFi circle.
For ten years we have only focused on one thing – stick to our beliefs. Try again and again, failing again and again, just to improve the sound quality as much as possible. A few people stay up all night to work ago, but now R&D department dozens of people work together.Although the process is tortuous, it is more of a harvest. We have never stopped exploring and learning for ten years. The imprint of this step is that the R&D department brings us unlimited hopes and expectations.Ten years of experience have brought us experiences and growth. We have gathered everyone’s development dreams and turned one small proposal into reality. 2019 is an epoch-making China year, and a large number of domestic brands with Chinese entrepreneurial spirit have emerged and flourished. And S.M.S.L has been on this road for ten years, and has been gaining good reputation and support. The persistence of S.M.S.L is a kind of sentiment and belief. We hope that M500 will let all the audiophile realize the sincerity of S.M.S.L company and the pursuit of high quality products.
We are looking forward to develop more products. Ten years and ten years, 2019 is another new starting point for full of pride, let us go hand in hand and create greater glories.
- Supports MQA decoding;
- The top performance D/A chip ES9038PRO from ESS Technology;
- The high-performance power supply chip ES9311, the noise of ES9311 is as low as 1uVrms, to push ES9038PRO to the limit;
- XMOS XU-216, true 32bit audio processing, supports DoP and Native DSD, and reaches 32bit/768kHz and DSD512;
- Ultra-low phase noise and optimized clock processing circuit are used to achieve ultra-low clock jitter;
- All inputs support DSD streaming, including coaxial and optical (DoP64);
- Independent headphone volume design, does not interfere with the preamp volume;
- Special design of discrete components high current headphones amplifier for higher damping factor;
- Use tempered glass display panel for higher light transmission and longer service life;
- Built-in shielded, low noise power supply processing, while improving power efficiency, lower power consumption;
- High quality gold-plated input and output jacks;
- 3 high-end dual op-amps OPA1612 and a lot of audio grade components are used;
- 2.19 inch LG TFT LCD display;
- JAS Hi-Res certification;
- Equipped with remote control and full-function remote control.
1.Remote window
2.6.35mm headphone jack
3.Display
4.Knob*
5.Balanced output
6.USB input
7.AC IN
8.Optical 1 input
9.Optical 2 input
10.Power switch
11.Coaxial input
12.RCA output
Specification:
Input:USB / Opticalx2 / Coaxial
Output :RCA Headphone Amplifier/ RCA /XLR
THD+N: 0.00015%
Dynamic range : XLR 125dB RCA 120dB
SNR:120dB
USB transmission :Asynchronization
USB compatibility :Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10, Mac OSX10.6 or Laterã€Linux
Bit depth: USB 1bit， 16 ~ 32bit
Optical / Coaxial :1bit， 16 ~ 32bit
Sampling rate:USB PCM 44.1 ~ 768kHz DSD 2.8224 ~ 22.5792MHz Optical / Coaxial PCM 44.1 ~ 192kHz DSD DSD64(DoP)
Headphone amplifier output power: 570mW(32Ω) 290mW(64Ω) 125mW(150Ω) 65mW(300Ω)
Power Consumption :5W
Standby power :<0.5W
Size:85x88x197mm (WxHxD)
Weight :0.91kg
Package including:
1x S.M.S.L M500
1x AC Cable
1x Remote Control
1x USB Cable
1x User Manual
| Dimensions: | 28.3 x 18.59 x 11.4 cm; 1.28 Kilograms |
| Model: | S.M.S.L M500 |
| Origin: | China |
Good product.Better if will be upscaling for low bitrate.
I use the M500 at my computer for listening to music using headphones. The small size of the M500 fits perfectly on my desk. It’s connected to my computer via USB. I envision buying some powered speakers to discover more about the device.
Excellent matos pour un prix assez contenu vu la qualit de ce qu’il propose.
Achet de pair avec un Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro de 300 Ohms.
Le son est clair et prcis dans toutes circonstances.
Je l’utilise pour mater un film, couter du son avec Tidal, ou simplement jouer.
Aucun problme avec les drivers sous Windows 10.
Tout en mtal, il fait bien son poids, a fait quali.
Quelques problmes de chauffes avec la V1, moi j’ai eu la V2 en Mai qui a rsolu ce soucio, et on en est la V3 actuellement.
This DAC is a super deal! Works perfect! Plays full MQA decode from my laptop and from my Samsung Note 8 phone USB-C port. Also hi rez from Qobuz and Amazon HD. Sounds great! Some of the MQA files sound better than my $5500 turntable!!
Using it mainly as DAC for Monolith THX AAA 887. The sound quality is good. Plays MQA from Tidal without a problem. The internal amplifier also sounds good.
At least I am unable to hear the difference between my Monolith THX AAA 887 and the internal amp.
(My main headphones Focal Clear)
I bought it mainly to have MQA option. I have Topping E30 which sounds exactly the same to me.
So overall for DAC+AMP good option.
So far the only problem I experienced was that the device stopped working one time but after power cycling continued to work as usual.
Requires the use of the included remote to properly program the device. Also had some challenges getting it working with my computer and speaker set-up. That is why I am docking a star from the ratings.
Works as advertised. Plenty of power to drive every headphone I have tried. Sound quality is good- no buzzing or humming in the background.
Un dac que puede jugar en primera divisin, le falta algo de potencia con los ms exigentes auriculares pero tiene una conversin fantstica. Incluye MQA y lee cualquier formato de audio. Por 399 no vas a encontrar nada mejor. Nos comen los chinos.
Soporte nativo dsd y mqa. Conexiones para lo que quieras. Slida construccin. El sonido es para mi detallado, claro, transparente, espaciado… Me gusta.
Tiene cosas mejorables s, como quizs algo ms de potencia en la salida de auriculares, pero para escuchas diarias tampoco necesitas ms. Tambin mejorara la rueda del volumen, hacindola algo ms grande y metlica.
Pero estos dos puntos no le restan para mi ni una estrella. Solo dir que conect el sp200 con cables xlr a este y el sonido era mucho ms potente, como es evidente, pero perda musicalidad y sensaciones. He vuelto a solo el m500 para todo.
Fabuloso.